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Tim Biskup, Attaboy, Johnny Ryan, Seonna Hong, Gilbert Hernandez, and Eric Reynolds.
Fantagraphics Books has just published BEASTS!, BEASTS! a comix bestiary of cryptids  Fantagraphics Books has just published BEASTS!, a magnificent bestiary of mythological and cryptozoological critters depicted by more than one hundred edgy artists, cartoonists, and illustrators including Tim Biskup, Attaboy, Johnny Ryan, Seonna Hong, Gilbert Hernandez, and Eric Reynolds. The BEASTS! menagerie includes the usual suspects like Bigfoot and Nessie, proto-cryptids like the Gorgon and Golem, and also dozens of monsters you've probably never met before like the Japanese Gaki, French Melusine, and the human-eating Odontotyrannus of the Ganges River. (Above, Vampire by Sam Weber.) The 200-page hardcover volume was created and curated by Fantagraphics' talented art director Jacob Covey and beautifully produced in full color on gold-edged paper. Absolutely magnificent.  From the description of the Amermait (above), illustrated by Tim Biskup: The voracious Amermait of Egypt sits beneath the scales of justice in the underworld. Comprising aspects of three deadly beasts--the jaws of a crocodile, the head of a lion, and the body of a hippopotamus--the Amermait, or Ammut, devours the souls of the unworthy with expert ferocity. When a soul arrives for judgment, its heart is weighed upon the scales against a feather that represents the truth. The heart must weigh the same as the feather--neither more nor less--for a soul to escape the appetites of the Amermait.BEASTS! book release parties and artist signings are taking place at the following locations: * Grass Hut Gallery, Portland, February 2, 6pmLink to buy BEASTS! |
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came from a lifetime of stealing headstones
http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/police/gr Lincoln Police Department: http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/police/gr LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A dead man's storage locker yielded dozens of tombstones, a macabre collection that police believe represents ''a lifetime of stealing.'' Some of the 47 gravestones date to the late 1800s; others are relatively recent. Police say they probably came from different cemeteries at different times.
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Henry Wessel... No. 90467 (1990 chromogenic print). From the series Real Estate Images. From Works b
Henry Wessel... No. 90467 (1990 chromogenic print). From the series Real Estate Images. From Works by Henry Wessel at Charles Cowles Gallery in New York, NY.
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Missing Molly Ivins
Missing Molly Ivins Molly Ivins, the Texas columnist, died of breast cancer on Wednesday. I first met her more than three years ago, when our book tours crossed. She was, as she wrote, “a card-carrying member of The Great Liberal Backlash of 2003, one of the half-dozen or so writers now schlepping around the country promoting books that do not speak kindly of Our Leader’s record.” I can’t claim to have known her well. But I spent enough time with her, and paid enough attention to her work, to know that obituaries that mostly stressed her satirical gifts missed the main point. Yes, she liked to poke fun at the powerful, and was very good at it. But her satire was only the means to an end: holding the powerful accountable. ( Read more... ) |
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Seydou Keita & Lolo Veleko
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Jasper Goodall
Jasper Goodall
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The White Iris (Tina Modotti),” a photograph Edward Weston made in 1921, is also one of only two kno
The White Iris (Tina Modotti),” a photograph Edward Weston made in 1921, is also one of only two known prints of that image; it is expected to sell for $400,00 to $600,000.  http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/dept/De A RARE ACQUISITION The National Gallery of Art in Washington has been collecting photographs since 1949, when Georgia O’Keeffe donated 1,270 prints made by her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. Its collection now includes works by major American photographers from Walker Evans to Paul Strand to Ansel Adams. But for years Sarah Greenough, its photography curator, has been trying to add 19th-century British photographs. ( Read more... ) |
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KnuckleHeads
Barry Trial Date Set for June 12 D.C. Council Member Accused of Traffic-Related Offenses By Henri E. Cauvin
A D.C. Superior Court judge today set a June 12 trial date for Council member Marion Barry on several traffic offenses -- charges that Barry and his attorney insist are unfounded. Barry (D), a former mayor and now Ward 8's representative on the D.C. Council, rejected an offer to plead guilty to operating under the influence. As part of the plea agreement, the other charges, including the more serious offense of driving under the influence, would have been dropped as would the charges filed in connection with a subsequent traffic stop. ( Read more... ) |
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Edouard Manet
Edouard Manet Edouard Manet 1832-1883 Olympia 1863 Oil on canvas H. 1.30; L. 1.90 m Paris, Musée d'Orsay Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre 1876 Oil on canvas http://www.musee-orsay.fr/ORSAY/ORSAYGB/H Vincent van Gogh ( Read more... ) |
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Photography
Photography Edgar Degas Attributed to Alexis Gouin Henri Le Secq Félix Nadar 1820-1910 Charles Baudelaire in an armchair 1855 Single print on salted paper from a destroyed negative H. 0.28; L. 0.165 m Paris, Musée d'Orsay Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Attributed to Alexis Gouin (1799 or 1800-1855) Henri Le Secq (1818-1882) Félix Nadar (1820-1910) Charles Nègre (1820-1880) |
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John Whitbeck on "Israel's Right to Exist"--CSMonitor 2/2/07
http://www.csmonitor.com:80 <http://www.csmonitor.com/2007 *What 'Israel's right to exist' means to Palestinians* *Recognition would imply acceptance that they deserve to be treated as * * *By John V. Whitbeck*/ / / / *JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - *Since the Palestinian elections in 2006, Israel ( Read more... ) |
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